Minority Workers, Confront Your False Expectations About Retirement Saving

Blacks, Latinos often lag in preparation, even when earning is on par with Whites

2011-11-30

Louis Taylor, Special to The Skanner News

I am an African American financial advisor. However, African Americans and people of color have been a very small part of my wealth management business—so small, in fact, that the phenomenon spurred me to discover if what I have experienced holds true across the country. I have come into contact with very educated and successful African American businesspeople, but the one consistent factor is that many of them lag behind in their saving and investing experiences. Read the complete article

Richard W. Lariviere's Statement to the Board of Higher Education

Ousted University of Oregon president says demand for fresh thinking is biggest issue

2011-11-29

Richard W. Lariviere

This past week has been extraordinary. I have been humbled and am grateful for the support from the faculty, students, and friends of the University of Oregon over the last week, indeed over the last two and half years. The purpose of today’s meeting is to resolve the question of my employment, but ultimately that matter is of little consequence. I want to use this opportunity to talk about Oregon’s higher education future. Read the complete article

Richard Lariviere: Oregon Pushes Out One of Its Top Administrators

In a state that spends more money on incarcerating offenders than nurturing college students, someone should holler at the top of their lungs about it--and that’s exactly what Lariviere did

2011-11-29

Bernie Foster Of The Skanner News

University of Oregon President Richard Lariviere has been fired over alleged “insubordination.” We’re not surprised. We see it every day in Oregon -- anybody who has a good idea is labeled an outcast. We can identify with that. Read the complete article

Rob Ingram: In His Own Words

Some words of wisdom to carry forward with you

2011-11-28

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Reauthorising VAWA: Stop the Violence Against Women

Four Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority women have been raped in the Dallas Fort Worth area in the last year by a serial rapist who appears to be targeting women in their 50s and 60s

2011-11-21

Dr. Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist

Four Delta Sigma Theta Sorority women have been raped in the Dallas Fort Worth area in the last year by a serial rapist who appears to be targeting women in their 50s and 60s Read the complete article

Equal Credit Elusive for Minorities, Says Assistant Attorney General

Record number of cases filed under Equal Credit Opportunity Act

2011-11-21

Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist

In an effort to address the devastation of neighborhoods and home values, the Civil Rights Division is including innovative provisions to address the full scope of damage done Read the complete article

No Supercommittee Deal is the Best Deal

Nearly all of the deficit reduction goal can be achieved by closing down offshore corporate tax havens and making the richest companies pay their fair share

2011-11-21

George E. Curry NNPA Columnist

Although automatic cuts in defense spending and domestic programs are scheduled to go into effect as a result of the congressional supercommittee’s failure to reach a budget deal by Wednesday, those reductions are far better than what Republicans on the committee were proposing and Democrats were willing to accept. Read the complete article

While NBA Heads to Court, We Get On With Our Lives

Repulsive saga of rich vs. richer no longer deserves America’s attention

2011-11-16

Paul Newberry AP National Writer

The NBA owners say they've made their best offer. The players responded Monday by vowing to file an antitrust lawsuit. The owners are continuing legal action of their own. So, after months of hard feelings, contentious negotiations and downright ridiculous claims (did a union attorney really say owners were treating players like plantation workers?), it's time for the rest of us to move on. Read the complete article

Open Letter to Mayor Adams From Occupy Portland

Accuses the mayor of caving to pressure and "letting police do the talking with their batons"

2011-11-15

In an open letter to Mayor Sam Adams, members of the Occupy Portland team working with the city resign, saying the mayor and city council "caved to pressure" and "let the police do the talking with their batons" Read the complete article

Does Race Explain Penn State’s Blind Eye to Sex Scandal?

A disproportionate number of the reported child abuse cases in 2009 which spanned the gamut from neglect to child rape were African-American children

2011-11-14

Earl Ofari Hutchinson, New America Media

But with the strong hints came the public finger point by a parent of one of the victims that they were in her words, “ Blacks about 10-12 and had a tall slim muscular build.” Read the complete article